Buenos Aires vs Gaborone - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Buenos Aires	Gaborone
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1130	$691
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2837	$1793
🏠 One person rent	$470	$268
🏘️ Family rent	$887	$520
🍽️ Food expenses	$439	$287
🚐 Transport expenses	$97	$66
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$635	$373
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	11 km
🎓 Higher education	79	39
😀 Quality of life	74	56
🏙️ Population	3.12M	236K

The cost of living in Buenos Aires is 64% more expensive than in Gaborone. Cities ranked 4694th and 6941st ($1130 vs $691) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Argentina and Botswana, respectively. Check Argentina vs Botswana comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.6 months in Buenos Aires compared to 0.5 months in Gaborone. Buenos Aires ranked 1st best city to live in Argentina vs Gaborone ranked 1st in Botswana, while ranked 1194th and 5825th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Buenos Aires vs Gaborone

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	Buenos Aires	Gaborone
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$14.4	$7.24
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$47	$29.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11.6	$5.77
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.9	$2.19
☕ Cappuccino	$4.09	$2.19
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.14	$0.79
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$530	$223
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$357	$133
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1019	$537
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$719	$341
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$52.4	$41.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$80.8	$64.4
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$26.5	$75.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	35.01%	9.07%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2657	$1028
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1964	$949
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.6	$0.51
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$23.6	$25.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$9	$21.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.1	$1.08
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.5	$1.33
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.17	$0.79
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.87	$1.71
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.99	$2.23
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.1	$7.31
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.8	$4.83
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.89	$5.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.43	$1.68
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.12	$1.31
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.34	$1.83
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.54	$1.44
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.31	$1.4
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.39	$1.2
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.95	$0.56
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.96	$1.34
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.97	$5.11
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.99	$1.64
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.26	$3.65
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.15	$11.7
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.89	$5.46
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.38	$0.52
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.55	$2.95
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$33.1	$34
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$8.04	$6.49
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$28.9	$19
💇 Haircut, simple	$14.5	$4.58
👖 Brand Jeans	$110	$41.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$131	$76.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$277	$171
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$5728	$4190

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Cities near Buenos Aires

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.9 mi	Villa Dominico	$805
11 km or 7 mi	Lanus	$979
13 km or 7.9 mi	Wilde	$741
13 km or 8.1 mi	Remedios de Escalada	$923
14 km or 8.7 mi	Caseros	$939
14 km or 8.8 mi	Florida Este	$924
14 km or 8.9 mi	Ciudad Madero	$932
14 km or 8.9 mi	Bernal	$643
15 km or 9.4 mi	Monte Chingolo	$838
15 km or 9.6 mi	Lomas del Mirador	$938
17 km or 10 mi	La Tablada	$938
17 km or 10 mi	Quilmes	$552
18 km or 11 mi	Ramos Mejia	$936
18 km or 11 mi	San Justo	$963
19 km or 12 mi	El Palomar	$935
19 km or 12 mi	Temperley	$849
19 km or 12 mi	Lomas de Zamora	$865
19 km or 12 mi	San Isidro	$952
19 km or 12 mi	Ciudad Evita	$921
19 km or 12 mi	San Francisco Solano	$803
20 km or 12 mi	Villa Luzuriaga	$938
20 km or 13 mi	Rafael Calzada	$856
22 km or 13 mi	Isidro Casanova	$940
22 km or 13 mi	Ezpeleta	$828
22 km or 14 mi	Moron	$964
24 km or 15 mi	San Fernando de la Buena Vista	$966
24 km or 15 mi	Florencio Varela	$863
24 km or 15 mi	Burzaco	$859
24 km or 15 mi	Berazategui	$853
25 km or 15 mi	Gregorio de Laferrere	$925
25 km or 16 mi	Rafael Castillo	$928
25 km or 16 mi	Monte Grande	$877
29 km or 18 mi	Ezeiza	$889
29 km or 18 mi	Longchamps	$865
29 km or 18 mi	Libertad	$921
31 km or 19 mi	Gonzalez Catan	$920
32 km or 20 mi	Glew	$863
32 km or 20 mi	Merlo	$928
36 km or 23 mi	Jose C. Paz	$915
37 km or 23 mi	Virrey del Pino	$899

Cities near Gaborone

Distance	City	Cost of living
50 km or 31 mi	Molepolole	$628
67 km or 42 mi	Lobatse	$665
67 km or 42 mi	Kanye	$664
136 km or 84 mi	Mmabatho	$780
174 km or 108 mi	Rustenburg	$889
196 km or 122 mi	Mahalapye	$631
215 km or 134 mi	Brits	$820
257 km or 160 mi	Klerksdorp	$722
258 km or 160 mi	Potchefstroom	$695
259 km or 161 mi	Pretoria	$906
264 km or 164 mi	Randburg	$837
265 km or 165 mi	Palapye	$540
266 km or 165 mi	Centurion	$807
266 km or 165 mi	Soweto	$923
266 km or 165 mi	Serowe	$583
269 km or 167 mi	Sandton	$953
275 km or 171 mi	Johannesburg	$993
296 km or 184 mi	Benoni	$785
298 km or 185 mi	Vanderbijlpark	$773
302 km or 188 mi	Vereeniging	$672
310 km or 193 mi	Springs	$678
358 km or 222 mi	Kroonstad	$768
379 km or 235 mi	Welkom	$748
380 km or 236 mi	Middelburg	$795
407 km or 253 mi	Bethal	$784
421 km or 261 mi	Francistown	$624
468 km or 291 mi	Kimberley	$814
495 km or 308 mi	Bloemfontein	$657
514 km or 319 mi	Butha-Buthe	$535
531 km or 330 mi	Teyateyaneng	$500
540 km or 336 mi	Maseru	$621
559 km or 347 mi	Mbabane	$562
569 km or 354 mi	Bulawayo	$766
584 km or 363 mi	Manzini	$442
589 km or 366 mi	Mafeteng	$567
597 km or 371 mi	Vryheid	$763
628 km or 390 mi	Upington	$699
675 km or 419 mi	Matola	$964
685 km or 425 mi	Maputo	$1068
705 km or 438 mi	Gweru	$597